James R. McCarty Sr. Testimony

Rev. James R. McCarty, (Ma Yaw Gee, Mushr) was born on Nov. 14, 1937 in Kentucky, USA. He served in the US Marine Corps after graduation from high school and moved and to work (Thom McAn Shoe Co.) in Florida after retiring from the service. There he met Geraldine Hill, born July 9, 1942 who later became his wife, and together they moved to Dayton, Ohio To live and work.

Faith Baptist Church was near the home of the McCarty’s and they were there to hear the preaching. It was at this church they accepted The Lord Jesus Christ as their personal Saviour, and followed The Lord in baptism. This was in June 1964. Mr. McCarty was called by God to preach in 1965. In January of 1966, Mr. & Mrs. McCarty started their study at the Baptist Bible College in Springfield, Missouri. The McCarty’s graduated in 1968 and then surrendered to the mission field the same year. They then completed three years in one of Missions courses. They were led of The Lord to go to Hong Kong, China to preach the Gospel. They went to many Churches to raise support for the field and went to Hong Kong in 1970. They studied Cantonese, operated a rooftop school, and there was a church started in Hong Kong, which became self -supporting.

In 1976 they were moved to Taiwan to preach the Gospel. Rev. McCarty and family made their home upon arrival on the island and started assisting other preachers in their work while learning the Chinese language. In 1979 he founded the Bible Baptist Church Neihu a small suburb in Taipei. David Rwan and his wife were married by Bro. McCarty, they are presently serving the Lord as missionaries to the Native Taiwan people now.

Rev. McCarty and family moved from Taipei to Gang Wei of the Shweinan District in Taichung in 1985 where they would embark on a new field of labor. Nevertheless, Pastor McCarty and family still traveled to Neihu in Taipei to preach at the Bible Baptist Church each week (200 miles round-trip).

In the meantime, he was also actively planning to establish a new church in Tai Chung. With help of Christian friends, the Tan Dz Baptist Church was established in March 1989. At first only Mr. & Mrs. McCarty and family were there, plus a young Christian lady named Amy Hu. Folks were saved, we remember Hank Wang who was the first man saved in Tan Dz. Tom Haung was saved as well as others and they were baptized. Later on Philippine people began attending and many were saved and baptized as well. During this time Rev. McCarty went to Tai Dung to teach in Bible School.

In 1995 Rev. McCarty had to go to Anchorage, Alaska, to get a neuro-surgeon to do surgery on his back. While recovering from surgery he and Mrs. McCarty were active in holding home and church Bible meetings for overseas Chinese, Tai, and Lao’s. They also spent two years helping The Bible Baptist Church on Annette Island (Alaska’s only Indian Reservation), which is in the SE Alaska near Ketchikan, where they saw some folks saved and baptized. After this they returned to Anchorage where they started the first ever Senior’s class at the Anchorage Baptist Temple. Also during this time Rev. McCarty made several trips to White Horse, Yukon, to preach in meetings

In the Sept.1999 McCarty’s were re-instated and began preparations to return to the field of Taiwan, and arrived in Taiwan in Sept. 2000.

The McCarty’s are now in the process of starting a new work in the Taichung area. Pray that The Lord will richly bless the preaching of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, and that a Church can be planted through getting people saved, baptized and grounded in God’s Holy Word!

Please continue to pray about supporting our labor here any way that you are led of the Lord to do, as we seek to do the Lord’s Will here in the place He has called us.!:)

Our ministry as missionaries started when after graduation from Baptist Bible College in nineteen sixty-eight. We stayed in Springfield with the intent to complete the fourth year at BBC. During the summer a missionary from Mexico, Gene Wilcutt came to report at the High Street Baptist Church. God used his testimony to call us to full time missionary service. The only problem I had at the time was which way to go! Well we thought we would just prepare to go to Mexico. The next step in preparation for my wife and I was the task of completing three years of mission courses in one year. That at the time seemed like a very big “step”. But by the grace of God and hard work we finished the course. During this course of time a preacher named M. O. Garner from Amarillo, Texas was invited to speak and show his slides from a world mission trip. Well he presented many fields but when the presentation came to the Chinese people we knew immediately where the Lord of our life wanted us to minister. After surrendering to God’s Will for our lives we began the process of preparing to go to the Chinese people and preach the Gospel of The Lord Jesus Christ.

The thought of a different culture, learning a different language and being in a place ten thousand miles away you know was on our mind and in our every thought. But knowing that we were in the center of God’s Will we began our pursuit to do His Will.

We were approved as Baptist Bible Fellowship missionaries May 19, 1969, and then began our work of calling preachers, getting meetings scheduled. We began the work of visiting churches, presenting our field and our burden to go with the Gospel to the Chinese people. The field we presented was Hong Kong, which was made up mostly of Cantonese speaking people. At the time Hong Kong was under the British government although many Chinese had positions in the government system. I can honestly say we went from sea to shining sea and Canada doing what is called deputation. But don’t get the wrong impression of this part of our preparation. The churches were a blessing because of the heart they had for foreign missions and missionaries.

Before going to the field I had the opportunity to talk to Dr. Fred Donnelson at some length at a fellowship meeting. He had much wisdom from years of experience in China and gave to me some sound words that helped to sustain my vision of God’s Call and doing God’s Work in God’s Way. I thank God for the privilege to have known such a servant of the Lord and his good wife. I knew them both from my days at BBC as a student and working on the campus. I might add here that all my teachers were a blessing and encouragement. Bo. Eli Harju said to me once, “The Lord is your Master, follow Him”.